Sticker-pin.



No. 654,863. Patented .Iuiy 3|, I900.

- H. WILLSUN.

STHJKERv PIN. (Apylication filed Oct. 23, 1599. (No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OF IGE.

HENRY WILLSON, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

STICKER-PIN.

BPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 654,863, dated July 31,1900.

T0 otZZ whom, itmay concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY WILLsON, of

Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sticker-Pins, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for attachby such signs or sign-letters may be attached to articles for sale for the purpose of indicat-' ing prices or giving other information with regard to the same.

To these ends the invention consists in certain novel features, which I will nowproceed to describe and will then particularly point out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of one of 'the parts constituting my improvements. Fig. 2 is a view of the inner face of one half of the other member. Fig. 3 is an edge View of the same. Fig. 4 is a View of the other half of the second member. Fig. 5 is a view of the device assembled, showing the adhesive face thereof. Fig. 6 is an edge view of the construction shown in Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a view of a modified form of the second member or tab. Fig. 8 is a face View of a sign-letter having one of my improved stickerpins applied thereto. Fig. 9 is an edge view of the same. Fig. 10 is a face view of a sign. Fig. 11 is an edge view of the same, showing a sticker-pin applied thereto. Fig. 12 is a View similar to Fig. 10. Fig. 13 is an edge view of the construction shown in Fig. 12, illustrating a modified form of the sticker-pin. Fig. 14 is a view illustrating the application of a sticker-pin to an article of merchandise diroot, and Fig. 15 is a view illustrating another application of the device.

In said drawings I have shown myimproved device in several forms, in each of which it comprises two main portions, one of which is indicated by the numeral 15,'w1n1e the other is indicated by the numeral 16. The mem ber 15 is made of metal in the form of a pin having a body portion terminating in a sharp point at one end, an intermediate notch 21, and a head 17 at the other end. This pin is made of suit-able material, such as brass wire,

Application filed October 23, 1899.?

s nel No. 734,521. on model.)

i which is adapted to be bent, and the head 17 is preferably formed thereon in the manner shown, so as to extend at right angles to the body and at a considerable distance beyond each side thereof. As shown, this head is formed by bending the wire laterally outward in one direction to the desired distance at right angles to the body of the pin and then Eben'ding the wire back parallel with itself to. form a loop, the extreme end of the wire extending beyond the loop to an equal distance on the opposite side and the body of the wire being bent outward where this extension passes under the same, so that the loop, the extension, and the main body of the pin adjacent thereto all lie in the same plane, and the transverse arm or extension and the body of the pin are firmly locked against relative movement longitudinallyof said body. The other member of the de vice consists of two parallel sheets of paper, parchment, or the like. (Indicated, respectively, by the numerals 18 and 19.) The part 18, which is the top or outermost layer of the completed member, has embossed in it a recess 20, conforming to the shape of the head and shank of the member 15 and adapted to receive the same. the member 15 fit in the embossed recess 20, and the part 19 is secured upon the face of the part 18 (shown in Fig. 2) by means of suitable adhesive material. The pin 15 and the tab 16, formed by the union of the parts 18 and 19, are thus firmly united, the pin being held in place by means of the walls of the embossed recess, so as to firmly maintain its connection with the tab without bringing an undue strain upon the adhesive material which connects the two parts of this latter. The body of the pin being locked to the crossbar, any strain longitudinally to the pin will be transmitted to the cross-bar, which bears against the wall of the recess throughout its entire length, and thereby prevents displace- 'ment of the pin. The exposed face of the part 19, which is the face shown inFig. 5 of the drawings, is also provided with a coating of adhesive material, by means of which the sticker-pin may be caused to adhere to any article to which it may be applied. Instead of making the parts 18 and 19 of separate pieces I may unite these two parts in a single The head and shank of Figs. 8 and 9, by wetting the exposed adhe sive surface of the tab or base l6and' applyin g the wetted surface to the back of the signletter. The projecting body portion may be bent downward, in the manner indicated in said figures, so as to form a hook the body portion vof which is so curved or bent upon itself as to be parallel with and pointing in the same direction as the shank of the hook which'is embraced between the two parts of the tab or base. Figs. 10 and 11 represent the same device applied to a sign or pricecardin the same manner as indicated in Figs. 8 and 9,'while in Figs. 12 and 13 I have shown the device as applied to a sign or price-card,

fabrics, or articles in order to indicate their price or call attention to them, the signs or sign-letters having the fastening devices applied to them and being thus adapted to be readily secured in place upon the goods orarticles simply by engaging the projecting point of the fastening device with the same. The fastening deviceis, however, adapted for holding articles other than signs or signletters, and in Fig. 14 of the drawings I have show'none of the fastening devices applied.

to a shirt by causing its wetted adhesive surface to be secured thereto, the projecting hook being adapted for engagement with anysupporting-body of'the proper character, so as to enable theshirt to be thereby suspended. Obviously the device may be similarly used for supporting other articles of which the weightis not too great. In Fig. 15 I have'shown the device as employed in supporting a card in a horizontal or approxi-' mately-horizontal position-as, for instance, above the wooden bottom ofa show-case. In this construction the pin is shown as being bent at approximately a right angle and attached to the under side of the card.

I claim 1. A -fastening device for signs, sign-letters, 850., comprising a metallic member having a head or enlargement, a pointed'body portion, and abase or tab of paper or the like comprising two parallel sheets orparts united by an adhesive material, one of saidsheets or parts beingprovided on its inner face with an embossed recess to receive the head and adjacent portion ofthe body of the metallicv member, andthe other sheet or part being provided on its exposed surface with a coating of adhesive material whereby a fiatad- "hesive surface is obtained,substantially as described.-

2. A fastening device for signs, signletters, &c., comprising a metallic member having a pointed bodyportion, and a head extending at right angles thereto for a considerabledistance laterally thereof, and a base or tab of paper or the like composed of two parallel sheets or parts united by adhesive material, one of said sheets or parts being provided with an embossed recess to receive the head and adjacent portion of the body of the metallic member, and the other sheet or part having its exposed surface coated with adhesive material whereby a fiat adhesive surface is obtained, substantially as described. I

3. A fastening device for signs, sign-letters, 850., comprising a metallic member having a pointed body portion having a notch or short bend therein and having its unpointed extremity at a-right angle to the body to form a head and fitting in said notch, and a base or tab of paper or the like composed of two parallel sheets or parts united by adhesive material, one of said sheets or parts being provided with an embossed recess to receive the head and adjacent por- FREDERICK O. Goonwm, IRVINE MILLER. 

